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Low Airyolland
Cairn(s)

Directions to Low Airyolland Cairn: Take the W turn to Glenluce off the A75. Turn left for New Luce after 0.2 mile. Stay on this road for c. 3.5 miles to reach a lay-by at a quarry on the right. (Parking is difficult from this point onwards so I chose to park safely and extend the walk.) Walk c. 0.25 mile N along the road to reach a gate into the Southern Upland Way path (SUW). Follow the path down to the footbridge over the Water of Luce. Turn right along the SUW for c. 130 yards to reach a grassy mound dominated by a large mature tree on the edge of the field. Low Airyolland Cairn is best viewed from the N. My walking route is viewable on Low Airyolland Cairn.

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Low Airyolland

Visited 27.10.24

There is a ruined cairn c. 1.5 miles S of New Luce on the W bank of the Water of Luce in Dumfries and Galloway. It is named after Low Airyolland farm which is located c. 400 yards SW of the cairn. Low Airyolland cairn is on a grassy mound sloping from N to S. It is defined by an earth bank up to c. 3 feet high with a c. 60 feet diameter. The cairn is dominated by a tall mature oak tree in the NW quadrant. There are shrubs and ferns on the E, S and W arcs. A large moss covered stone on the S perimeter and 3 large stones on the W perimeter may be displaced kerb stones. The centre of the circle is grassy and irregular with scattered embedded stones.

There is further information on Low Airyolland Cairn in Canmore ID 304998.

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Culquhasen SE
Cairn(s)

This route involves a walk of 0.25 miles along the A747 Port William road. Care should be taken: cars tend to drive fast around a sharp corner. The cross country route is an assault course: It includes crossing 3 dry stane dykes and a burn but no electric fences fortunately. Wellies are essential for this walk due to the burn crossing.

Directions to Culquhasen SE Cairn: Take the A747 Port William turn off the A75 at Glenluce. Follow the A747 for c. 4.1 miles to reach a lay-by at Auchenmalg Village Hall. Park up and walk back up the A747 for c. 0.25 mile to a gateway on the right. Turn right into the field. Follow the margin of the field to a gate in the corner after c. 130 yards. Continue along the margin of the field for c. 300 yards to reach a dry stane dyke. Cross over the dyke and continue E along the margin of the field for c. 230 yards to reach a burn. Walk c. 30 yards from the corner of the field down the burn to reach a obvious path across the burn. The bank sides are steep but you can drop carefully into the shallow water and scramble up the other side to step over a barbed wire fence. Continue E along the edge of the field for c. 200 yards to reach another stone wall. Walk c. 25 yards S down the wall to reach a water tank which makes crossing the wall easier. After another c. 130 yards there is a gate in the corner of the field. Go through the gate and climb over the stone wall into the next field. Walk E then N along the margin of the field for c. 0.3 mile to reach the NE corner of the field. Culquhasen SE Cairn is a stony mound adjacent to the dry stane dyke. My route is viewable on Culquhasen SE.

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Culquhasen SE

Visited 11.10.24

Culquhasen SE Cairn is located in the NE corner of a field c. 0.33 mile SE of Culquhasen Farm, c. 4 mile SE of Glenluce in Dumfries and Galloway. Medium-sized clearance stones have been deposited on the S and E perimeter of the round cairn. The ruined stony cairn has been bisected by a dry stane dyke across the N arc. Canmore ID 62247 estimated that the original cairn measured 18m in diameter and 1.8m high. The S half of Culquhasen SE Cairn retains a covering of small stones: The N half has been robbed of stones leaving a grassy surface truncated by the stone wall. The area N of the wall has been populated by long grass and gorse bushes obscuring the original surface of the cairn. The remains of Culquhasen SE Cairn are c. 6 feet high.

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Glenchamber
Cairn(s)

Directions to Glenchamber Cairn: Take the Three Lochs turn off Main Street in the centre of Glenluce. Follow the road for c. 4.3 miles to reach the turn off to Glenchamber Farm on the left. There is room for a car to park here. There is a gate into a field opposite the junction. Walk S for c. 200 yards to a natural knoll in the grass field. Glenchamber Cairn is on the summit of the knoll. My walking route is viewable on Glenchamber Cairn.

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Carscreugh N Burnt Mound
Burnt Mound / Fulacht Fia

Directions to Carscreugh N Burnt Mound: Take the Three Lochs turn off Main Street in the centre of Glenluce. Follow the road for c. 2.7 miles to reach an entrance to Carscreugh Wind Farm on the right. There is room for a car to park here. No unauthorised vehicles are permitted in the wind farm so you can walk or cycle from here. Follow the track S for around 0.3 mile to reach a left turn just before the first wind turbine. Take the turn, follow it for c. 0.5 mile, bearing right uphill at a Y-junction. You will reach No. 11 wind turbine after c. 400 yards. Continue for c. 180 yards to a solitary gorse bush on the left. A vague sheep path heading NW starts here. The path becomes a 4x4 path heading for an obvious green island in the moorland c. 200 yards from the track. This green oasis is Carscreugh N Cairn. Walk WSW for c. 130 yards across boggy terrain to a grassy crescent shaped mound on the edge of a burn. This is Carscreugh N Burnt Mound. My walking route is viewable on Carscreugh N Cairn.

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Glenchamber

Visited 05.10.24

The remains of Glenchamber Cairn are located on a natural knoll in pasture c. 4 miles NNE of Glenluce in Dumfries and Galloway. The low grassy mound is in a field opposite the junction of Glenchamber Farm Track with the Three Lochs road from Glenluce. The cairn has been reduced to a grassy oval plateau c. 1 foot above ground level . It measures c. 30 yards on an ENE-WSW axis and 18 yards on a NNW-SSE axis. There are scattered stones on the platform and a cluster of small stones c. 3 feet in diameter in the centre.
Canmore ID 109479 has details on Glenchamber Cairn.

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Carscreugh N Burnt Mound

Visited 05.10.24

Carscreugh N Burnt Mound is located on Carscreugh Fell c. 3 miles NNE of Glenluce in Dumfries and Galloway. It is situated in moorland between two burns c. 130 yards WSW of Carscreugh N Cairn. On approach from the E, the grassy crescent-shaped mound stands out from the brown vegetation. It measures c. 30 feet E-W and 15 feet N-S. Canmore ID 62431 has additional information on Carscreugh N Burnt Mound.

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Carscreugh N Cairn
Cairn(s)

Directions to Carscreugh N Cairn: Take the Three Lochs turn off Main Street in the centre of Glenluce. Follow the road for c. 2.7 miles to reach an entrance to Carscreugh Wind Farm on the right. There is room for a car to park here. No unauthorised vehicles are permitted in the wind farm so you can walk or cycle from here. Follow the track S for around 0.3 mile to reach a left turn just before the first wind turbine. Take the turn, follow it for c. 0.5 mile, bearing right uphill at a Y-junction. You will reach No. 11 wind turbine after c. 400 yards. Continue for c. 180 yards to a solitary gorse bush on the left. A vague sheep path heading NW starts here. The path becomes a 4x4 path heading for an obvious green island in the moorland c. 200 yards from the track. This green oasis is Carscreugh N Cairn. Walk WSW for c. 130 yards across boggy terrain to a grassy crescent shaped mound on the edge of a burn. This is Carscreugh N Burnt Mound. My walking route is viewable on Carscreugh N Cairn.

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